eprintid: 4370 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/43/70 datestamp: 2023-09-06 07:51:20 lastmod: 2023-09-06 07:51:20 status_changed: 2023-09-06 07:51:20 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 1 creators_name: Langley, Anna Mae creators_id: S4980506 creators_email: annamaelangley@hotmail.com title: Neighbourhood quality attainment for starters on the housing market: a longitudinal case study of Groningen (2009-2018) ispublished: unpub full_text_status: public abstract: Recent literature shows that, resulting from the housing affordability crisis, households frequently settle for homes that were not their primary preference, as it is already difficult enough to get out of the rental sector. Especially, starters are having a difficult time entering the housing market. This study focuses on what happens to starters that do enter the housing market, and aims to investigate the relationship between the neighbourhood quality starters and non-starters attain. The study focuses on the Dutch housing market, specifically Groningen, using data from Kadaster with 41,385 cases. Spanning a 10-year period from 2009 to 2018, the study employs multiple linear regression analysis to examine changes in attained neighbourhood quality disparities between groups. As expected, the findings reveal that starters attain homes in neighbourhoods with lower qualities compared to non-starters. Though, the disparity of neighbourhood quality attainment between starters and non-starters showed a slight decrease over the years, where the attainment of neighbourhood quality for starters went up slightly and for non-starters went down slightly. The findings contribute to neighbourhood attainment literature, by finding empirical evidence for whether and how the changes in neighbourhood attainment between starters and non-starters have changed over time. date: 2023 pages: 58 thesis_type: master degree_programme: VG tutors_name: Mawhorter, S.L. tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie tutors_email: s.l.mawhorter@rug.nl security: public keywords_local: neighbourhood attainment keywords_local: neighbourhood quality keywords_local: housing market keywords_local: starters language_iso: en date_issued: 2023-09-05 citation: Langley, Anna Mae (2023) Neighbourhood quality attainment for starters on the housing market: a longitudinal case study of Groningen (2009-2018). Master thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4370/1/Approved%20Master%27s%20thesis%20-%20Anna%20Mae%20Langley%20%28s4980506%29.pdf